Trade with North Korea-譯文.doc

Trade with North KoreaWhat sanctions?Sanctions:n. 制裁；處罰（sanction的復(fù)數(shù)）；制發(fā)v. 批準(zhǔn)；對(duì)實(shí)行制裁；贊許（sanction的三單形式）中朝兩國(guó)貿(mào)易：實(shí)施什么制裁？On the border between China and North Korea it is business as usual. 在中朝兩國(guó)邊境，貿(mào)易正照常進(jìn)行。ONLY a few hundred metres separate the small but lively Chinese city of Dandong from Sinuiju, its drab North Korean counterpart on the opposite bank of the Yalu River. Drab:adj. 單調(diào)的；土褐色的n. 淺褐色；無(wú)生氣；邋遢；小額vt. 使無(wú)生氣vi. 嫖妓Bank: 岸There are two iron-truss bridges in the city centre, truss：n. 束；構(gòu)架；捆vt. 捆綁；用構(gòu)架支撐built by Japanese who were then occupying the area: one in 1911 and the other in 1943. Both were badly damaged by American bombers during the Korean war of the 1950s. A surviving stretch of the older one, renamed “Broken Bridge”, is now a tourist attraction. Surviving：adj. 繼續(xù)存在的；未死的；依然健在的Stretch：一段vt. 伸展,張開(kāi)；（大量地）使用，消耗（金錢(qián)，時(shí)間）；使竭盡所能；使全力以赴；vi. 伸展；足夠買(mǎi)（或支付）n. 伸展，延伸The newer one still carries road and rail traffic across the river, a vital conduit for North Koreas trade with China.Vital：adj. 至關(guān)重要的；生死攸關(guān)的；有活力的Conduit：管子，管道，導(dǎo)管；槽，溝與雖小但富有活力的中國(guó)丹東市相比，幾百米之外鴨綠江對(duì)岸的新義州顯得毫無(wú)生氣。新義州市中心有兩座鐵桁架橋，是曾經(jīng)占有該區(qū)域的日本人于1911年和1943年建造的。這兩座橋在20世紀(jì)50年代朝鮮戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)期間遭到美國(guó)炸彈轟炸，損毀嚴(yán)重。其中較早建造的那座橋殘存的一段并被重新命名為“斷橋”，現(xiàn)在是一個(gè)旅游景點(diǎn)。另一座較新的橋仍承載著渡江的公路和鐵路運(yùn)輸，是中朝兩國(guó)貿(mào)易往來(lái)的重要通道。In theory, that may now be disrupted by sweeping sanctions imposed by the UN, with Chinas backing, on March 2nd. Sweep：vt. 掃除；猛拉；撣去vi. 掃，打掃；席卷；掃視；襲擊n. 打掃，掃除；范圍；全勝Sweeping：全面的 徹底的 廣泛的Backing：支持They ban trade in luxury items and call for (potentially time-consuming and costly) inspections of cargo going into, and coming out of, North Korea. call for：要求；需要；提倡；邀請(qǐng)；為叫喊time-consuming ：耗時(shí)大China is by far the biggest trading partner of the North;if these sanctions are being applied rigorously, it should be evident in Dandong, which handles an estimated 70% of the trade between the two countries. Rigorously：adv. 嚴(yán)厲地；殘酷地理論上來(lái)說(shuō)，中朝貿(mào)易應(yīng)該已經(jīng)停止，因?yàn)橹袊?guó)支持聯(lián)合國(guó)3月2日期對(duì)朝鮮的全面制裁。該制裁禁止向朝鮮出口奢侈品，也要求對(duì)進(jìn)出朝鮮的集裝箱進(jìn)行檢查（該舉措可能耗時(shí)大而且成本高）。中國(guó)目前是朝鮮最大的貿(mào)易伙伴。如果真的要嚴(yán)格實(shí)施這些制裁手段的話(huà)，丹東市應(yīng)該會(huì)有明顯的表現(xiàn)，因?yàn)橹谐Q(mào)易額的70%都是在丹東產(chǎn)生的。 It is not, yet. The first reported case of sanctions being enforced involved the impounding of a North Korean cargo ship at a commercial port in the Philippines a few hours after the UN voted to impose fresh sanctions in response to tests by North Korea earlier this year of a nuclear device and a long-range ballistic missile (dressed up as a rocket carrying a satellite into space). But there has been no report of trade between North Korea and China being affected.然而，丹東狀況依舊。第一件報(bào)道出來(lái)的制裁事件是一艘朝鮮的貨船在菲律賓的某個(gè)商業(yè)港口被扣押，此事件的發(fā)生距離聯(lián)合國(guó)投票決定對(duì)朝鮮進(jìn)行新一輪的制裁僅僅幾個(gè)小時(shí)。這次的制裁是回應(yīng)今年早些時(shí)候，朝鮮試驗(yàn)核裝置以及長(zhǎng)距離彈道導(dǎo)彈（導(dǎo)彈被偽裝成衛(wèi)星火箭發(fā)射升空）。但目前尚未有報(bào)道顯示中朝兩國(guó)貿(mào)易受到制裁的影響。On March 9th your correspondent saw a sporadic flow of lorries travelling in both directions across the bridge. Locals said the volume looked normal. A foreign observer familiar with the area says it may be that the details of the new enforcement regime “have not yet trickled down to the person wearing the hat at the border”. Traders in the city say they have yet to feel the impact of sanctions. At a riverfront shop selling North Korean alcohol, cigarettes and ginseng, the owner shows no concern. He says the goods he sells will not be affected (he is right that they are not banned, unlike watches, snowmobiles and jet-skis).3月9日，特派記者看到橋上偶爾有貨車(chē)來(lái)往鴨綠江兩岸。當(dāng)?shù)厝吮硎具@是正常的交通量。一位熟悉當(dāng)?shù)貭顩r的外國(guó)觀察員表示，這也許是因?yàn)樾碌闹撇么胧斑€沒(méi)有向下影響到邊境附近的普通群眾?！痹撌械纳倘吮硎咀约旱纳膺€沒(méi)有受到制裁的影響。江畔的一家賣(mài)朝鮮煙酒和人參的商店老板并不擔(dān)心，他說(shuō)自己賣(mài)的商品不會(huì)受到影響（他說(shuō)的沒(méi)錯(cuò)，不像手表、摩托雪橇和水上摩托車(chē)，他賣(mài)的這些商品沒(méi)有被禁止）。It would certainly be a bother for traders if Chinese customs officials were to inspect every shipment for items prohibited by the UN, including anything that could be used to help the countrys nuclear and missile programmes. But it is far from clear that that is what China intends. The latest UN sanctions allow for less rigorous inspections in the case of goods needed for humanitarian purposes. China could argue that much of its trade with North Korea falls in that category: it is the main supplier of food and oil. Since the latest sanctions were imposed, Chinese officials have continued to sound lukewarm about them. Chinas foreign minister, Wang Yi, said this week that “blind faith” in sanctions was not a “responsible” approach.如果中國(guó)海關(guān)真的對(duì)每一艘船都進(jìn)行檢查，搜尋聯(lián)合國(guó)禁售品，包括任何可能用于和朝鮮核試驗(yàn)導(dǎo)彈項(xiàng)目的商品，這確實(shí)會(huì)給商人們?cè)斐珊芏嗦闊５侵袊?guó)到底打算怎么做也依然是未知的。聯(lián)合國(guó)最新的制裁措施放寬了對(duì)人道主義物品的檢查。中國(guó)可以說(shuō)和朝鮮貿(mào)易往來(lái)的大部分商品都屬于這一類(lèi)，因?yàn)橹袊?guó)是朝鮮主要的食物和油供應(yīng)國(guó)。自最新的制裁措施實(shí)施以來(lái)，中國(guó)官員對(duì)此事的態(tài)度一直都是不冷不熱的。中國(guó)外交部部長(zhǎng)王毅在本周發(fā)言時(shí)講到“盲目相信”制裁并不是一種“負(fù)責(zé)任的”解決辦法。South Korean press reports have said, however, that China had already begun restricting some North Korean transactions at Chinese banks and barring North Korean vessels at Chinese ports by late February, before the latest sanctions. Chinas agreement to the tougher regime is certainly a sign of its frustration with its dangerously capricious neighbour, whose leader, Kim Jong Un, said this week that North Korea had developed miniaturised nuclear warheads that could be mounted on ballistic missiles. He even threatened a nuclear attack in response to large-scale South Korean and American military exercises now under way. Some observers are sceptical that the North has acquired such technology. Most discount its bellicose bombast.然而，據(jù)韓國(guó)媒體報(bào)道， 2月底時(shí)，最新的制裁尚未出臺(tái)，中國(guó)就已經(jīng)開(kāi)始限制朝鮮在中國(guó)的銀行業(yè)務(wù)，并禁止朝鮮船只停留在中國(guó)港口。中國(guó)同意對(duì)朝鮮實(shí)施更嚴(yán)厲制裁是一個(gè)明確的信號(hào)，表明中國(guó)對(duì)這個(gè)危險(xiǎn)且任性的鄰居感到失望。朝鮮最高領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人金正恩在這周的講話(huà)中表明，朝鮮已經(jīng)研制出可以裝置在彈道導(dǎo)彈上的小型核彈頭。他甚至威脅發(fā)動(dòng)核武器襲擊，以回應(yīng)韓國(guó)和美國(guó)當(dāng)下正在進(jìn)行的大規(guī)模軍事演習(xí)。一些觀察員對(duì)于朝鮮是否真正獲得了該項(xiàng)技術(shù)表示懷疑。大部分人都對(duì)他好戰(zhàn)的夸張言辭不予理會(huì)。新鴨綠江大橋If he wants to curry favour with China, Mr Kim could try holding up his end of a deal for building a new bridge in Dandong. Gleaming but still idle, it was built by China at a cost of more than $325m. China